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Your Destination for Insider MMA News and OpinionTue, 31 Mar 2015 15:05:31 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1By: Screenplayahttp://fiveouncesofpain.com/2013/04/30/frankie-edgar-lets-be-real-the-way-this-goes-its-not-always-the-1-contender-that-gets-the-title-shots/#comment-292761
Thu, 02 May 2013 04:31:08 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=79304#comment-292761100% with you, sdouglasmc. You have to take the title. Ties go to the champion.

Melendez lost, as he should, because he failed to go after the champ. Of course, if I were in charge of judging, Bendo would never have held the title. I don’t think he did enough to take the title from Edgar in their first fght. Interestingly, in their rematch, with Bendo as champ, I wouldnt have given that fight to Frankie because HE didnt do enough to take down the champ.

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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:27:33 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=79304#comment-292463I look at it like this… to be the champ you have to beat the champ – and I don’t mean eek out a close decision by having close rounds.

I think in mma, like I do also in boxing, if a round is close it should go to the champ. He is there to defend his title and like so, would’ve had to do the same to earn it. I think this would help with all these rematch talks.

Cain, beat the champ, JDS, convincingly. No need for an immediate rematch. Frankie, Bendo… don’t think Bendo did enough to win the title the first time. Frankie deserved the rematch.

I think the Bendo/Melendez fight was the right way. Melendez didn’t do enough to win it convincingly… back of the line. If he (Melendez) was the champ going into that fight, I’d think the same thing about Bendo, he didn’t do enough to win the title.

I think I might have gone off topic.

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]]>By: MCMhttp://fiveouncesofpain.com/2013/04/30/frankie-edgar-lets-be-real-the-way-this-goes-its-not-always-the-1-contender-that-gets-the-title-shots/#comment-292434
Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:29:29 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=79304#comment-292434“……..adding he might be willing to give bantamweight a go if successful in obtaining a belt at 145 pounds………” Don’t you mean UNsuccessful?

And he’s right, it’s not always the #1 contender. No need to look at Chael, Frankie himself got a title shot coming of of two loses in a division he never fought in.

I agree with Screenplaya, if you lose your shot, back of the line you go or at least back of the top 5. How guys like Faber, Frankie, Cain (and it looks like JDS), Machida can get title shots with only one win and guy like Fitch, have to put together 6-7 fight wining streaks is ridiculous.

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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:16:47 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=79304#comment-292432I wish the UFC would come up with a legitimate mathematical model for determining the rankings and who gets title shots.

The math that determines title shots should work out such that people who lose title challenges do not get another shot very quickly.